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Man arrested over threat to burn Ottery St Mary pub-goer's home

Man arrested over threat to burn Ottery St Mary pub-goer's home

BBC News07-07-2025
A man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to burn another man's house down and holding a glass to their face in a pub beer garden.The incident took place just after 12:00 BST on Wednesday in the garden of the London Inn, in Ottery St Mary.It was reported a man approached another man and made threats towards him, Devon and Cornwall Police said.The force said a local man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and threatening to damage or destroy a property. He has been released on bail.
Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact the force.
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